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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL TUESDAY , MARCH 20 , 2007 SESSION OF 2007 191ST OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 24 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Re presentative DALLY from Northampton are placed on leave The House convened at 11 a.m., e.d.t. for the day. The Chair hears no objections. THE SPEAKER (DENNIS M. O 'BRIEN) MASTER ROLL CALL PRESIDING The SPEAKER. The Chair is about to take the master roll. Members will proceed to vote. PRAYER The following roll call was recorded: The SPEAKER. The prayer will be offered by Rev. Dorrian Schenck, guest of Representative Tom PRES ENT –200 Caltagirone. Adolph Galloway Marshall Ross REV. DORRIAN H. SCHENCK, Guest Ch aplain of the Argall Geist Marsico Rubley House of Representatives, offered the following prayer: Baker George McCall Sabatina Barrar Gerber McGeehan Sainato Bastian Gergely McI. Smith Samuelson May we bow our heads. Bear Gibbons McIlhattan Santoni Dear Lord, we thank and praise You for another day. We Belfanti Gillespie Melio Saylor thank You that this is the day that You have made. We will Benninghoff Gingrich Mensch Scave llo Bennington Godshall Metcalfe Schroder rejoice and be glad in it. We give Your name pr aise, honor, and Beyer Goodman Micozzie Seip glory. Biancucci Grell Millard Shapiro We ask a special blessing upon this session of the House of Bishop Grucela Miller Shimkus Representatives and their families, the Governor and his family, Blackwell Haluska Milne Siptroth Boback Hanna Moul Smith, K. Lieutenant Governor and her family, and the Commonwealth of Boyd Harhai Moyer Smith, M. Pennsylvania. Be with us, guide us, and direct us that we might Brennan Harhart Mundy Smith, S. have godly wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. In Your Bro oks Harkins Murt Solobay name we pray. Amen. Buxton Harper Mustio Sonney Caltagirone Harris Myers Staback Cappelli Helm Nailor Stairs PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Carroll Hennessey Nickol Steil Casorio Hershey O'Brien, M. Stern Causer Hess O'Neill Stevenson (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by members and Civera Hickernell Oliver Sturla visitors.) Clymer Hornaman Parker Surra Cohen Hutchinson Pashinski Swanger Conklin James Payne Tangretti JOURNAL APPROVAL POSTPONED Costa Josephs Payton Taylor, J. Cox Kauffman Peifer Taylor, R. The SPEAKER. Without objection, approval of the Journal Creighton Keller, M. Perry Thomas of Monday, March 19, 2007, will be postponed until printed. Cruz Keller, W. Perzel True Curry Kenney Petrarca Turzai The Chair hears no objection. Cutler Kessler Petri Ve reb Daley Killion Petrone Vitali DeLuca King Phillips Vulakovich LEAVES OF ABSENCE Denlinger Kirkland Pickett Wagner DePasquale Kortz Preston Walko The SPEAKER. Leaves of absence. Dermody Kotik Pyle Wansacz The Chair recognizes the majority whip. Are there any leaves DeWeese Kula Quigley Waters DiGirolamo Leach Quinn Watson on the Democratic side? It is requested by t he majority whip Donatucci Lentz Ramaley Wheatley that Representative PALLONE from Westmoreland County be Eachus Levdansky Rapp White placed on leave for the day. The Chair hears no objections. Ellis Longietti Raymond Williams Turning to the Republican side, the Chair is informed that it Evans, D. Mackereth Readshaw Wojnaroski Everett Maher Reed Yewcic is requested that Representative John EVANS from Erie and Fabrizio Mahoney Reichley Youngblood Fairchild Major Roae Yudichak 358 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL —HOUSE MARCH 20 Fleck Manderino Rock An Act amending the act of July 10, 1984 (P.L.688, No.147), Frankel Mann Roebuck O'Brien, D., known as the Radiation Protection Act, further providing for Freeman Mantz Rohrer Speaker definitions, for powers of Environmental Quality Board, for licensing Gabig Markosek and registration fees, for n uclear facility and transport fees, for creation of special funds, for response program and for transportation of ADDITIONS –0 radioactive materials; and making repeals. NOT VOTING –0 Referred to Committee on VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, March 20, 2007. EXCUSED –3 Dally Evans, J. Pallone LOWER DAUPHI N HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS FIELD HOCKEY TEAM PRESENTED LEAVES ADDED –2 The SPEAKER. The Chair will ask Representatives Payne Surra True and Marsico to please come to the rostrum for the purpose of presenting a citation. LEAVES CANCELED –1 Mr. PAYNE. Thank you, Mr. Speaker . Dally Mr. Speaker , on behalf of Repres entatives Marsico, Hickernell, and myself, we would like to present to the Lower Dauphin Girls Field Hockey Team, who captured both The SPEAKER. A quorum being present, the House will the 2006 PIAA District III Class AAA Girls Field Hockey proceed to conduct business. Championship and the 2006 PIAA State Class AAA Girls Field Hockey Championship, House citations in honoring their victory. GUESTS INTRODU CED The Lower Dauphin Lady Falcons prevailed over the The SPEAKER. The Chair welcomes Emily Keane and Mount Saint Joseph High School with a score of 2 to 1 on Jamison Furr, guest pages from Mechanicsburg High School. November 18, 2006, in Allentown to capture the Pennsylvania They are the guests of Representative Jerry Nailor. They are State title and amassed an imp ressive undefeated overall record located in the well of the House. Please join me in welcoming of 32 wins and no losses. Thank you; 32 -0. them to the House of R epresentatives. The Lady Falcons are under the expert guidance of head The Chair welcomes Matthew Connor, guest page. He is a coach Linda Kreiser, who will now introduce the captains and junior at Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg. her assistant coaches. He is the guest of Representative Glen Grell. Please join me in Ms. KREISER. I would like to say it is a great honor to be welcoming Matthew Connor to the House. here, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I would like to introduce my assistant coaches. I have Kiley Strohm right here; Peggy Barton. We have Darby Fischl, BILLS REPORTED FROM COM MITTEE, who is in the back, and we have two of our captains here this CONSIDERED FIRST TIME, AND TABLED year . We have Julie Barton and Taylor Weidensaul. Thank you very much. HB 307, PN 348 By Rep. MARKOSEK Mr. PAYNE. Representatives Marsico, Hickernell, and myself would also like to thank the support the team received An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for vehicles exempt from from Principal Jeffrey Hughes and Randy Umberger, the registration. athletic director , and last but certainly not least , the honorable Hummelstown mayor, Brad Miller. Brad. TRANSPORTATION. Please give the entire team, who is in the back of the House, if you would please stand right now, a warm House of HB 684, PN 770 By Rep. MARK OSEK Representatives reception. An Act providing for the establishment of an automotive fuel testing and disclosure program, for standards for automotive fuel and GUESTS INTRODUCED for inspection, sampling and testing of automotive fuel; imposing powers and conferring duties on the Department of Agr iculture; and providing for penalties. The SPEA KER. The Chair welcomes Robin Lindsey, Tony Gilhooley, Lynn Diehl, and Mary Ann Baranowski. They TRANSPORTATION. are the guests of Representative Ron Marsico. They are in the back of the House. Please join me in welcoming these individuals to the House of Representatives . They are standing HOUSE BILL in the rear with the red jackets. INTRODUCED AND REFERRED The Chair welcomes the Pine Grove Mennonite Church seniors group, who are the guests of Representative No. 829 By Representatives FAIRCHILD, MELIO, Tom Creighton and Representative Gordon Denlinger. They are HENNESSEY, STABACK, BEYER, BOYD, in the balcony. Would you please rise and be recognized. CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CREIGHTON, CURRY, Welcome to the House chamber. DALEY, GEIST, KOTIK, MICOZZIE, R. MILLER, PE TRI, PHILLIPS, WATSON and YOUNGBLOOD 2007 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL —HOUSE 359 NATHAN EACHUS PRESENTED CALENDAR The SPEAKER. At this time we would like to ask The SPEAKER. Turning to today 's calendar, for the Representative Todd Eachus to come to the rostrum to information of the members, after we return this afternoon, we recognize his son for a very special achievement. will take up bills on second consideration , where the members Mr. EACHUS. Thank you, members of the House. may offer amendments under the new rules. I stand before you as a member of the 116th Legislative District, and today I also stand before you as a proud father. BILLS ON SECOND CONSID ERATION I am joined today by our athletic director, Mr. Chris Perry; our head wrestling coach, Mr. David Shafer; my wife, Ellen, BILLS PASSED OVER who is in the Speaker 's well; and my son, Ben, who is with her as well. I am also joined with the gold medal in the 189 -pound The SPEAKER. Page 1, without objection, HBs 302 and 191 AAA weight class, my son, Nathan Eachus. are over. The Speaker has graced me with the Speaker 's rostrum, so I will take a moment. I do no t need a proclamation for this one. I have been honored to be part of Nathan 's wrestling life BILLS ON THIRD CONSIDERATION since he has been 6 years old, and it culminated last week at the BILLS PASSED OVER Giant Center with the championship in the AAA 189 -pound weight class against a very tough oppon ent from the Nazareth The SPEAKER. Page 2, all the bills on that page will go over School District, and I wanted to really just take a moment to for the day. thank Coach Crowell and David from Nazareth for being just really good sports. It has been a tough season for them, but they were able to succeed; both of them were success ful. RESOLUTIONS Nathan is a member of the Hazleton Area High School Wrestling Team and represents our first State champion in RESOLUTIONS PURSUANT TO RU LE 35 wrestling in the history of the Hazleton School District as well as the first State champion in any sport in our school district 's RESOLUTIONS PASSED OVER TEMPORARILY history.